Lamium hybridum

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Lamium hybridum
Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Oldenburg, Germany 1.jpg
Cut-leaved dead-nettle in Oldenburg, Germany
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lamium
Species:
L. hybridum
Binomial name
Lamium hybridum
Synonyms
  • L. purpureum var. hybridum(Vill.) Vill.

Lamium hybridum, the cut-leaved dead-nettle, [1] is a species of Lamium native to western and northern Europe and northwestern Africa. [2] The specific name means 'hybrid'; however, Dominique Villars, in describing the species, did not give his reasons for selecting this name. The English name refers to the deeply cut leaves, unlike the shallower lobes of other related species of Lamium.

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Taxonomy

Dominique Villars first described it as a species in 1786 in volume 1, p. 251, of his Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné, [3] but a year later in volume 2, p. 385, he had second thoughts about it, and reduced it to a variety of the similar red dead-nettle Lamium purpureum . [4] It was for long so treated, but recently, genetic evidence has shown it is genetically distinct from L. purpureum and should stand as a distinct species. [5] This has been accepted by Plants of the World Online . [2] More interesting is the suggestion that it may indeed be of hybrid origin, between Lamium purpureum and Lamium bifidum , [5] so Villars had unexpected insight in his name choice.

Description

Cut-leaved dead-nettle in Liverpool; note the deeply incised leaves. Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Liverpool, England 2.jpg
Cut-leaved dead-nettle in Liverpool; note the deeply incised leaves.

It is a low-growing annual plant growing to 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in) tall, pubescent with soft, finely hairy stems. The leaves are opposite, rounded to kidney-shaped, 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) diameter, with a deeply lobed to incised margin. The flowers are a similar pink to purple colour to L. purpureum, relatively small, 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long, and form a few-flowered terminal spike with axillary whorls. The calyx is regular with five lobes and closes up after flowering. The corolla is purplish-red, fused into a short tube; the upper lip is convex, and the lower lip has three lobes, two small side ones and a larger central one long. The base of the corolla is nearly hairless, unlike L. purpureum where it is obviously ringed with hairs. There are four stamens, two long and two short. It flowers from early spring through the summer until mid autumn, typically March to October in Britain. The gynoecium has two fused carpels and the fruit is a four-chambered schizocarp. It propagates by seed. It is a nectar and pollen source for bees. [6] [7]

Distribution and habitat

Cut-leaf dead-nettle is native western and northern Europe, and northwest Africa in the Atlas Mountains. [2] Its status in Great Britain and Ireland is disputed; some sources give it as native, [7] [8] while others cite it as an archaeophyte. [1] [2] It is found growing in open areas, gardens, fields and meadows, and widely in uncultivated areas in urban habitats. [1]

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<i>Lamium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Lamium (dead-nettles) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of crop fields and are now widely naturalised across much of the temperate world.

<i>Lamium purpureum</i> Species of flowering plant

Lamium purpureum, known as red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, or purple archangel, is an annual herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe and Asia but it can also be found in North America.

<i>Lamium galeobdolon</i> Species of flowering plant

Lamium galeobdolon, the yellow archangel, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia but it is widely introduced in North America and elsewhere. It is the only species in the genus Lamium with yellow flowers. Another common name for this species is golden dead-nettle. In New Zealand, it is called the aluminium plant or artillery plant. The common names archangel and dead-nettle have been in use for hundreds of years, dating back to at least the 16th century.

<i>Lamium amplexicaule</i> Species of flowering plant

Lamium amplexicaule, commonly known as henbit dead-nettle, is a species of Lamium native to most of Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Its status in Great Britain and Ireland is disputed; some sources give it as native, while others cite it as an archaeophyte. The specific name refers to the amplexicaul leaves.

<i>Lamium album</i> Species of flowering plant

Lamium album, commonly called white dead-nettle, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native throughout Europe and Asia, growing in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertile soils.

Henbit may refer to:

<i>Galeopsis tetrahit</i> Species of plant

Galeopsis tetrahit, the common hemp-nettle or brittlestem hempnettle, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe and northwestern Asia.

<i>Salvia pratensis</i> Species of flowering plant

Salvia pratensis, the meadow clary or meadow sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The Latin specific epithet pratensis means "of meadows", referring to its preferred habitat. It also grows in scrub edges and woodland borders.

<i>Lamium maculatum</i> Species of plant

Lamium maculatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and temperate Asia.

<i>Stachys sylvatica</i> Species of herb

Stachys sylvatica, commonly known as hedge woundwort, whitespot, or sometimes as hedge nettle, is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 80 cm (31 in) tall in woodland and unmanaged grassland. In temperate zones of the northern hemisphere it flowers in July and August. The flowers are purple. The leaves, when crushed or bruised, give off an unpleasant fetid smell.

<i>Campanula persicifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Campanula persicifolia, the peach-leaved bellflower, is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1 m. Its flowers are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white. Its foliage is narrow and glossy with a bright green appearance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominique Villars</span>

Dominique Villars or Villar was an 18th-century French botanist.

<i>Galeopsis bifida</i> Species of plant

Galeopsis bifida is an annual plant native to Europe and Asia but now found in Canada and the northeastern, midwestern parts of the United States. It has many common names such as bifid hemp-nettle, split-lip hemp-nettle, common hemp-nettle, and large-flowered hemp-nettle. The genus name means weasel-like, referring to the corolla of the flower. It is often confused with other species of Lamiaceae such as Mentha arvensis, Dracocephalum parviflorum and Stachys pilosa.

<i>Salvia urticifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Salvia urticifolia is a herbaceous perennial native to the southeastern United States. S. urticifolia is an erect plant that reaches 20 to 70 cm tall. Flowers, with a corolla that is approximately 1.2 cm (0.47 in) long, are blue or purple, growing in panicles on short pedicels. The lower lip has three lobes, with a pair of white marks coming from the throat. The leaves are crenate—similar to the leaves of Urtica species.

<i>Ranunculus trichophyllus</i> Species of flowering plant

Ranunculus trichophyllus, the threadleaf crowfoot, or thread-leaved water-crowfoot, is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, Asia and North America.

<i>Hexalobus crispiflorus</i> Species of plant in the family Annonaceae

Hexalobus crispiflorus is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo and Zaire. Achille Richard, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its wavy petals of its flowers.

<i>Salix appendiculata</i> Salix appendiculata common name

Salix appendiculata is a plant from the willow genus (Salix). They can be found in France, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe, and on the Balkan Peninsula.

<i>Galeopsis pubescens</i> Species of plant

Galeopsis pubescens, also known as the hairy and downy hempnettle, is a herbaceous annual plant species in the family Lamiaceae, that can be found growing in various European countries.

<i>Lamium bifidum</i> Species of flowering plant

Lamium bifidum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the Southern Europe. It was first described by botanist Domenico Cirillo in 1788.

References

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